The research team examined dozens of intact vessels and hundreds of diagnostic sherds, and backed up the use-wear observations with experimental reconstructions, showing that wax-filled replicas can ...

Distillery experts taste-tested a mysterious 150-year-old bottle discovered at a Utah archaeological site. Lab results suggest it may contain apple cider with fruity, aged flavors.

History is filled with questions that refuse to be answered. Some stories end without closure, and honestly, that's part of what makes them so captivating. The truth is, not every puzzle was meant to ...

A MYSTERY over a carved Roman stone that has puzzled experts for decades may have finally been solved – by artificial ...

The mysterious giant heads that have mesmerized tourists visiting Easter Island could finally have their real makers revealed, and the discoveries are poised to shock the archaeological community. In ...

Imagine someone digs you up in 15,000 years and discovers what you had for lunch the day that you died. That’s more or less what happened in the northeastern corner of Siberia, thanks to tissue ...

A smooth, white stone dating from the Roman era and unearthed in the Netherlands has long baffled researchers.

Live Science reports that a long mystery about the Green River, the largest tributary to the Colorado River, is closer to being solved as new research offers an explanation of the river’s ancient, ...